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2020-09-30
SSHRC IG awarded 2021: In the proposed four-year project, we will conduct a longitudinal study that follows three groups of children from kindergarten to grade two: 100 children with a family history of dyslexia, which is highly heritable, 100 with a preschool diagnosis of developmental language...
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2024-03-14
SSHRC PEG awarded 2024:The purpose of this project is to survey the archaeological landscape of a region which until recently was mistakenly thought to be of marginal importance. The survey has yielded a plethora of results proving the contrary. It includes the discovery of two sites of...
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2017-02-01
SSHRC Awarded IDG 2017: Although bankruptcy should not be a side effect of sickness, many Canadians are pushed over this financial precipice by an illness or injury. Public programs, such as the federal employment insurance sickness benefit and provincial workers' compensation programs, are...
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2017-10-12
SSHRC Awarded IG 2018. The study builds on two exploratory community-based, participatory research (CBPR) projects with Syrian refugees. Guided by CBPR, and using ethnographic data collection and analysis methods, we examine the psychosocial adaption and integration of 8 diverse Syrian refugee...
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2021-02-01
SSHRC Awarded CG 2021 - The COVID-19 pandemic, in introducing new forms of isolation and exacerbating health and economic disparities, has disproportionately deepened inequities and exclusions in some communities more than others, in the process raising new questions about what kind of society...
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09/28/2021
SSHRC IG awarded 2022: The proposed research is concerned with the evolution of the School Resource Officer (SRO) program in Canada. It focuses on the experiences of persons with nexus to the SRO program. These include (1) students, (2) parents, (3) school administrators and board trustees, (4)...
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2023-10-03
SSHRC IG awarded 2024: Despite a growing body of scholarship that suggests that engaging in more reciprocal relations in the human services can reduce the marginalization of service users and improve the well-being of all involved (service users, frontline workers, and managers), frontline...
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2024-10-01
SSHRC CG awarded 2024: The purpose of this project is to develop a free online learning module for established and emerging professionals (i.e., scholars, students, practitioners, and policymakers) working in recreation, sport, physical activity, leisure, and other movement cultures. Based on...
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2015-10-14
SSHRC Awarded IG 2016: The objectives of the proposed study are: 1] To test the validity of a widely-used model of reading fluency longitudinally (from Grade 1 to Grade 5) and across languages varying in orthographic consistency (English, Dutch, and Greek); 2] To examine the role of...
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09/16/2021
SSHRC IG awarded 2022: "Reading for Our Lives" is a project that investigates the following questions: 1) Why readers turn to memoir to understand the world, 2) what kind of life narratives are present in their social media posts, 3) what role do social media platforms play in shaping readers’...